SENSEX slumps 202 pts, NIFTY50 below 25,600 in noon deals; LIC, Nykaa among buzzing stocks

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and maintained a “neutral” stance.

The SENSEX slumped as much as 388.58 points to an intraday low of 82,925.35, while the NIFTY50 touched the session’s low of 25,491.90.

At 12:40 PM, the S&P BSE SENSEX fell by 201.73 points, or 0.24%, to 83,112.20. NSE’s NIFTY50 was trading at 25,557.50, reflecting an 85.30 points, or 0.33% decline.

On Thursday, the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold stocks worth ₹2,150.51 crore, while the domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchased equities worth ₹1,129.82 crore on a net basis, according to exchange data.

The top losers of the NIFTY50 index included Tech Mahindra (-2.30%), HDFC Life Insurance Company (-2.12%), Tata Consultancy Services (-2.09%), Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (-1.93%) and SBI Life Insurance Company (-1.86%).

On the contrary, ITC (4.85%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (3.06%), Bharti Airtel (1.63%), Bajaj Finance (1.28%) and Hindustan Unilever (1.02%) were among the top gainers.

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It reported a 90.3% jump in after-tax profit to ₹261.4 crore for the three months ended December 2025, supported by higher revenues compared to ₹137.4 crore in the year-ago period.

Its revenue from operations climbed 28.51% to ₹2,082.21 crore in Q3 FY26, compared to ₹1,620.27 crore in the third quarter of the preceding 2024-25 financial year.

The company posted a net profit of ₹68 crore for the quarter ending December 2025, up by 156% YoY. It reported a net profit of ₹28 crore for the same quarter in the year-ago period. After adjusting for the one-time impact of labour codes, the net profit stood at ₹78 crore.

Its net revenue jumped 27% YoY to ₹2,873 crore on the back of 28% YoY jump in the GMV at ₹5,795 crore.

Bharti Hexacom shares surged 6.24% to an intraday high of ₹1,729 apiece on the NSE, as its net profit grew 81.5% YoY to ₹473.7 crore in Q3FY26, compared to ₹261 crore it clocked in the year-ago period.

Its revenue from operations rose nearly 5% YoY to ₹2,359.8 crore during the quarter under review, as against ₹2,250.7 crore in the third quarter of FY25.

The stock of Data Patterns soared 9.32% to ₹2,758.90 per equity share on the NSE, a day after it reported a 30.54% YoY increase in its net profit to ₹58.30 crore in the December quarter of the current fiscal year.

Its revenue from operations grew 47,92% YoY to ₹173.13 crore during the quarter under review, it said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

In the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, it logged a profit of ₹11,008.65 crore, the country’s largest insurer said in a regulatory filing.

Its net premium income increased 17.76% YoY to ₹1.26 lakh crore for Q3FY26, compared to ₹1.07 lakh crore in the December quarter of FY25.